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FESTIVAL SPECIAL

Tyneside & Northumberland BranchIssue 228 • Summer 2014FREEFREE

I hope everyone who came to the 38th Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival enjoyed themselves. By the look of the photographs in this issue, I think you all did. Over 5000 people attended and over 20,000 pints of beer and cider were consumed (see page 14). Congratulations to Mordue Brewery, who were The Battle of the Beers winners, for the second consecutive year (see page 18).

Since the last issue, the CAMRA campaign to freeze Beer Duty in the Budget, was a success. The Chancellor did not only freeze Beer Duty, but decreased it by 1p a pint and froze the duty on cider. On 5th June the Government announced tough action to reform the large pub companies, in a bid to call time on The Great British Pub Scandal (see page 23). I would like to thank everyone who supported both of CAMRA’s key campaigns.

Finally, check out the dates of the Beer Festivals this summer (see page 7). Enjoy yourselves and don’t forget there has never been a better time to drink real ale and cider.

Cheers

Adrian GrayEditor

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BRANCH CONTACTS

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BRANCH DIARY Wednesday 11th June 7.00pmWednesday WanderStarts at Dyvels, CorbridgeTrain at 6.24pm, Central Station

Wednesday 25th June 7.30pmBattle of the Beers winner andSt. Oswalds charity cheque presentationPleased to Meet You, Newcastle

Wednesday 9th July 7.30pmWednesday WanderStarts at Chillingham, HeatonMetro to Chillingham Road/63 busat 7.01pm, Blackett Street

Saturday 2nd August 12.00pmBranch MeetingAllenheads Inn, Allenheadsthen Allendale and Dipton Mill InnBus departs from Newcastle at 11.00am

Wednesday 27th to Saturday 30th August34th Durham CAMRA Branch Beer FestivalDurham University Students UnionDunelm House, New Elvet, Durham

Saturday 30th August 1.00pmRegional MeetingDurham CAMRA Branch Beer Festival

Tuesday 9th September 7.30pmBranch MeetingSchooner, GatesheadMetro to Gateshead Stadium/ 93 busat 7.08pm, Gateshead Interchange

Saturday 13th September 12.00pmWednesday Wander on a SaturdayBerwick upon Tweed Bus departs from Newcastle at 10.30am

Further details on times, itineraries and other local festivals can be found on the Canny Bevvy websitewww.cannybevvy.co.uk, the branch Facebook page,www.facebook.com/tyncamra or in What’s Brewing.

All the above events are for CAMRA members andnon members. Everyone is welcome.

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THE ELECTRICAL WIZARDNew Market

Morpeth Tel: 01670 500640

ROHAN KANHAIWoodhorn Road

AshingtonTel: 01670 857 692

THE RED LION Front Street West

BedlingtonTel: 01670 536 160

JOHN THE CLERKVillage RoadCramlington

Tel: 01670 707 060

THE WALLAWUnion Street

BlythTel: 01670 356 830

THE FORUMMarket Place

Hexham 01434 609 190


THE GREEN, White Mare Pool, WardleyManager Sean Schofield, Assistant Manager Wayne Glover, Head Chef Chris Aird and Sous Chef Andy McCulla, will attempt to climb the three highest mountains in Britain in 24 hours on 16th June, in aid of Metro Radio’s Cash for Kids charity. The three peaks are Scafell Pike in England, Ben Nevis in Scotland and Snowdon in Wales. After 13 years working for Sir John Fitzgerald, Sean is leaving on 13th June. He is taking over The Duke of Wellington, Neville’s Cross, Durham. The pub is owned by Mitchell & Butler and has real ale on 8 handpumps.

WETHERSPOON, Bondgate Within, AlnwickA licence has been granted and planning permission approved for the conversion of the Grade II listed former Corn Exchange, into a J D Wetherspoon pub. The building had stood empty for 20 years.

THE BOWES HOTEL, Bardon MillThe Tyne Valley Folk Train has recently changed its venue from The Boathouse, Wylam to The Bowes Hotel. Landlord Steven Blair, formally at The Twice Brewed Inn, sells local real ales on 2 handpumps and he intends to increase to 3. For further details see www.facebook.com/TyneValleyFolkTrain.

SWALWELL CRICKET CLUB, SwalwellNow has a full pub licence, as such membership is not required. There is real ale on 1 handpump, with an intention to increase to 2.

CORRECTIONS

RAT INN is in Anick, nr Hexham and not Alnwick, as shown on page 6 of the last issue.

STU BREW, the Newcastle University Student Brewing Society was part of an award winning garden at The Chelsea Flower Show. The bottled beer, called “Inauguration IPA”, featured in the National Union of Students garden, which won a Silver Guilt Award. The beer was brewed in collaboration with Allendale Brewery. Ales from the new brewery will be on sale in the Newcastle University Students Union.

TYNE BANK BREWERY, recently celebrated its 3rd anniversary with a party at the brewery, on Friday 30th May. Live music was provided by Holy Moly and the Crackers. The party was well attended and a great success, with all the beers costing £2.50 a pint. The brewery was delighted and may make it an annual event.

MORDUE BREWERY, have brewed a beer called “Life Saver” @ 4.2% ABV. This is to mark the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, the oldest in the world. There will be a second brew in November.

ALNWICK BREWERY, have joined forces with Alnwick Rum and Lindisfarne Mead, under the parent company, Harry Hotspur Holdings. The brewery plans to restore brewing to the historic town of Alnwick.

HADRIAN BORDER BREWERY, is searching for its first pub, with a view to acquiring a second pub in the future. If anyone has any information on a pub for sale, please contact the brewery.

CONGRATULATIONS, to all our local breweries who won at the recent SIBA Beer X competition in Sheffield. The winners were Mordue, Tyne Bank, Anarchy and Wylam (see page 13 for details).

THE SEVEN STARS, 21 Main Street, PontelandRecently reopened after being closed for refurbishment.

HEAD OF STEAM, 3 The Arcade, Front Street, TynemouthThe first Cameron Brewery pub to be converted to a Head of Steam pub, formally Aspire (originally The Royal Sovereign). The pub was officially opened on 8th May. Real ale is sold on 5 handpumps, plus real cider. They also sell Belgian bottled beers.

ARKWRIGHTS OFF LICENCE, West Gate, HaltwhistleOpened in February. The owner Kayley Holden, also owns Granvilles Off Licence in Wigton. The shop sells a range of local bottled real ales and is assisted by the recommendation of the nearby Black Bull.

TURKS HEAD (aka The Stuffed Dog), 41 Front Street, TynemouthDoug Scougall, formally at The Lonsdale, Jesmond, has recently taken over. Real ale is sold on 7 handpumps and real cider on 1. Doug has also included the pub in the CAMRA Discount Scheme (see page 29).

FOX & HOUNDS, Main Road, WylamKarl Parkin and Jan Colman, formally at The Wheatsheaf, Felling, have recently taken over.

WAGGON INN, Higham DykesIs closed for refurbishment. It is due to reopen on 4th July.

JOHN BULL INN, 12 Howick Street, AlnwickThe winner of the North Northumberland Pub & Cider Pub of the Year Awards 2014, has been voted the Branch Pub of the Year 2014. It will go forward into the Regional Pub of the Year competition.


CAMRA FestivalsDarlington: 26th - 28th June

Glasgow: 26th - 28th June

Edinburgh: 10th - 13th July

Great British Beer Festival (GBBF): 12th - 16th August

Durham: 27th - 30th August

York: 17th - 20th September

Sunderland: 9th - 11th October

We recommend you confirm all dates before you travel.

Non CAMRA FestivalsTynedale: 12th - 14th June

Haydon Bridge: 4th - 5th July

Battlesteads: 25th - 27th July

Redefest Community Music Festival: 2nd August

Bill Quay Cricket Club: 22nd - 24th August

Tynemouth RFC: 11th - 13th September

Beamish Hall (Stables): 11th - 14th September

Berwick: 13th - 14th September

Alnwick: 19th - 21st September

Alnmouth: 3rd - 5th October

Newcastle Cricket Club: 16th - 20th October

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chef’s locally sourced specials featuring;• blagdon estate farm,• carroll’s heritage potatoes,• frank round,• northumberland poultry

The GreenWhite Mare Pool, Wardley, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE10 8YB Tel: 0191 495 0171 www.sjf.co.uk

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Day 1 (25/4/2014)

The journey took nearly 4 hours, it would normally have taken less than 2 hours. This was due to a traffic jam on the A1, followed by fog and rain for most of the journey. I don’t know if you have seen the television series “3 Men in a Boat”, we are going to make our own called “4 Men in a Micra”. The fog was so bad over the North York moors, we nearly ran over Heathcliff. The driver was Martin Ellis, Press & Publicity Officer, the passengers were Dr Ian Lee, Chairman, Hubert Gieschen, Public Affairs Officer and last but not least, yours truly.

After arriving and checking in at the hotel, Martin and myself went to the nearby Wetherspoons pub, the Lord Rosebery, for fish and chips and a pint of Rudgate “Ruby Mild”. Ian had gone on a bus trip to Ampleforth Abbey, to sample their home made cider. Feeling replenished, we headed off to the Spa Complex, to register for the AGM. A grand Victorian building on the sea front, which had hosted the AGM in 1994 and 2004. As we approached along the promenade, I noticed a huge CAMRA logo drawn in the sand (Yorkshire “Crop Circle”) in front of the conference hall (eat your heart out Banksy). We met John Holland, National Clubs Officer, in the Member’s Bar. All the beers were from Yorkshire breweries, of which I was told there are over 140. Over the next 3 days I tried most of them, as you do.

Armed with a map, John, Martin, Hubert and myself headed off into the foggy night. Eventually we found the first pub, the Cask Inn, a busy large family pub. We moved on to the Valley, a cellar bar serving real ale on 6 handpumps and real cider/perry on 8 handpumps. They also sell over 100 different Belgian bottled beers. I had a Daleside “Monkey Wrench”.

We then found the Cellars, which was converted from the cellars of a Victorian house. It had 6 hand pumps and I had an Orkney “Skull Splitter”. As it was getting late I left for the walk back to the hotel. It was then that the Yorkshire monsoon season started. I was a very soggy individual when I arrived at the hotel. It was then that I remembered I had only brought one pair of trousers (doh!).

Day 2 (26/4/2014)

Clothes and shoes still damp from the night before. I squelched my way to the breakfast room, to meet up with Ian and Martin. That’s when I noticed the owners’ collection of miniature bottled beers, very impressive. The fog had lifted and it had stopped raining. As I approached the Spa Complex, I noticed that the CAMRA “Crop Circle” had disappeared. I thought this was very spooky and definitely a case for Mulder and Scully. You can’t leave anything lying around these days. Liquid lunch in the Member’s Bar with the lads. the glasses were sponsored by Kirkstall Brewery. The other sponsor was Little Valley Brewery, who brew the beer for Ampleforth Abbey. At the end of conference I headed to the shops at the other end of the promenade. I had to buy “My little stick of Scarborough rock” (apologies to George Formby, who like me, was born in Wigan).

MY WEEKEND IN SCARBOROUGH By Samuel Pepys

North Riding Brew Pub


Met up with Ian, John, Martin and Hubert in the Scholars. A busy and friendly town centre pub with 7 handpumps. They had a mini beer festival, with a temporary bar with 5 handpumps.

I had a Hambleton “Nightmare”, an Ossett “By George” and a Rat Brewery “Town Rat”. Dan the Manager is a gentleman. Then back to the Lord Rosebery for food and a pint of Elgood “Greyhound”. Next port (pub) of call was the Angel, a friendly single room town centre pub with a horseshoe bar. Already there was Tony Brookes, former owner of the Head of Steam Pub Co. (see pages 18 & 19, in issue 227).

I had been talking to Tony in the Member’s Bar, the previous evening. I had a Wychwood “Piledriver”. Tony was raving about the North Riding Brew Pub, a must for anyone visiting Scarborough. I said we were on our way there. We arrived at the North Riding, Scarborough’s only brew pub and current local CAMRA Town Pub of the Year. A large impressive street corner pub, built in the 1880s, serving real ale, real food and a real fire. I had a NRB “41 Years 202 Days A Slave” and another local beer, Five Town “300”. Stuart Neilson (he and his wife run the pub) told me he used to live in Heaton, when he was a student. His local was the Chillingham (small world). Finally back to the Lord Rosebery, for a nightcap. I had a Freeminer “Speculation”. By this time we had lost Hubert, but that’s not unusual.

Day 3 (27/4/2014)

After a hearty breakfast and packing, I headed off to the Spa Complex for the last time. I passed the Stephen Joseph Theatre, built as an Odeon cinema in 1936, in the Streamlined Modernist Style (that’s what it said on the plaque).

After conference had ended, we visited the Member’s Bar for the last time. There wasn’t much beer left (never!), but I managed to have a Daleside “Old Legover”, Great Newsome “Frothingham Best” and a Wall’s “Northallerton Dark”, before they ran out. I bumped into (Hotspur) John from Jarrow, he had been in the North Riding last night. It was his first Members’ Weekend and he was loving it. There was Ian, Hubert and myself. John had gone to catch his bus home and Martin had gone for the car, which he had left in the Hotel car park. Whilst we waited Hubert bought a tea towel, Ian bought an ice cream and I bought a coffee. Nearly 2 hours later Martin returned with some excuse that his car had been blocked in. He suggested we stop at Whitby for some fish and chips (is that all he eats?).

The fog and rain were back with a vengeance, as we made our weary way to Whitby. When we arrived, I thought we were on a Hammer House of Horrors film set. Then I realised it was a Goth weekend, there are 6 a year. Ian was delighted, as he won first prize for Best Costume (he was wearing his black Anarchy Brewery T-shirt). After eating we continued on our homeward journey, over the North York moors again. As we climbed higher the fog got thicker and the rain lashed down. I could just make out a figure on the moors, shouting “Heathcliff”, it was Cathy (it was Deja Vu all over again). When I eventually arrived home tired and emotional, I changed into dry clothes (heaven). In spite of the weather, it had been a great weekend. Nottingham next year (I’ll take 2 pair of trousers), I can’t wait.


Besides being quite well ‘pubbed’ the seaside town of Whitby is famous for its jet, maritime heritage as a herring and whaling port where Captain James Cook first learned to navigate and, of course, its iconic Abbey. Which along with Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula has helped make it such a tourist destination these days by attracting so many Goths from around the world.

So that when on the first stop of my mission to try to some Yorkshire brewed real ales on their home ground at the multi-roomed and local CAMRA branch award winner

Station Inn (nine handpumps), New Quay Road. Diagonally opposite the bus station and even handier for the railway station. I was not that taken aback while enjoying the house beer, Whitby Brewery; Platform 3, to encounter a ‘monk’ socialising at the bar counter. However I then “had to” try the Saltaire; Blonde too because it started to rain heavily. Delaying my departure over the swing bridge for the Eastside and my next stop.

The Middle Earth Tavern (two handpumps), 25-26 Church Street; 5 minutes walk upstream on the embankment. Named after Tolkien’s fictional universe it was unfortunately undergoing major refurbishment at the time of my visit. Actually tradesmen were working around me while I supped my Greene King; Morland Old Speckled Hen (Copper Dragon; Golden Pippin was not ready). Therefore I was unable to see any of the material usually on display relating to the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings etc.

Retracing my steps down stream within a couple of minutes I was back to the easily identifiable 1930’s built Endeavour (three handpumps), 66, Church Street. This single-roomer with a most

ornate fireplace and handy for the Captain Cook museum commemorates his voyages ‘down under’. Though to me the most enjoyable feature while I tasted my John Smith’s; Cask Bitter (a bit of a rarity these days) was the friendly chit-chat about local pubs and beers between myself, the pub’s landlord and some of his regulars.

Continuing my return for another two or three minutes long the same road passing the swing bridge soon brought me to another local CAMRA award winner the Black Horse (three handpumps), 91 Church Street. Easily spotted by its brightly whitewashed frontage the multi-roomed Victorian interior is equally attractive and some lovely surroundings in which to enjoy my Whitby Brewery; Abbey. With the presence of several (many real ale drinking) Goths in the front room only adding to the convivial atmosphere.

Then it was back over the swing bridge towards the bus station calling into Wetherspoons Angel Hotel (five handpumps in down stairs bar) 1, New Quay Road on the way. The other side of the Station Inn on the harbour side it was just a couple of minutes walk from my bus to Scarborough. Only open for just over a year since their modernisation it now has low ceilings and 21st Century style fitments. Knowing that it was well inland but had been closed by the massive tidal surge of December 5th 2013, I pondered just how far back from the river it really is to still get so badly flooded. As I tried, in the absence of any Yorkshire brewed real ales, Hook Norton; Special Dark Mild.

Further details of all these pubs and many others in Whitby may be found on CAMRA’s national WhatPub database of pubs: http://whatpub.com/

Note: The number of handpumps recorded above shows the number of cask beers available when visited. There could be more when you go!

SCARBOROUGH CAMRA MEMBERS’ WEEKEND: VISIT TO WHITBY. YORKSHIRE BREWS & PUBS, FOG, RAIN AND GOTHS. By John Holland

Angel Hotel

Station Inn

Endeavour Fireplace

Middle Earth Tavern

The Endeavour


Promoted to its many visitors by the leaflet: “Sea, Sand, Secret Streets and Smugglers” the extremely picturesque ravine village of Robin Hood’s Bay on the Heritage Coast of the North York Moors with its very narrow cobbled streets is also well regarded for its interesting largely unmodernised pubs.

Just above the sands and the slipway where Coast-to-Coast cyclists dip their wheels into the North Sea and the signing-in point for its walkers is The Bay

Hotel, (four handpumps), The Dock. Full of families, many eating, when I called-in it was an ideal spot while supping my Theakston; Lightfoot to enjoy the views of the bay. Sadly though its coal fire was needed as it was decidedly on the chilly side.

So much so that even after a couple of minutes brisk walk up the remarkably even steeper, other, right hand slope, i.e. not the one just walked down into the public bar of Ye Dolphin, (four handpumps), King Street.

The glowing fire there was most welcome too. Adding to the olde-worlde atmosphere making it a good place to look at the various memorabilia on display while enjoying my Theakston; Best Bitter and the pleasant conversation involving both staff and customers.

To get to my next pub after about four or five minutes walk (assuming no dilly-dallying looking in the gift shops etc.) I had to continue up the bank before turning

left along Chapel Street; more of an alley than a street really, residents can virtually touch those on the opposite side. Then right up New Road, the road I had walked down, to find on a bend the Laurel Inn, (four handpumps), New Road, for some more Theakston; Best Bitter.

Known for its outside gents toilet on the roadside, passed on the way in, its small bar is full of eye-catching ornate woodwork as well as lively banter and another warming coal fire in a most attractive ancient stone fireplace.

Then it was an approximately, depending on how much there is ‘left in the tank’ after the previous exertions, 10 minutes walk uphill to the stone-block built, 19th century, Victoria Hotel, (six handpumps), Station Road. In a quite stunning setting on top of the cliffs surrounded by its own gardens and with a public bar that was the busiest I had been in all day. My visit to “Baytown” as some call it was appropriately enough finished-off with some Baytown Bitter. A beer brewed for a wholesaler by Cropton Brewery, I was told by the friendly uniformed barman.

Then it was only a minute or two’s walk crossing the road in front of the hotel before turning right then left onto Thorpe Lane, to get back to the bus stop for the onward service to Whitby and Middlesbrough. Funnily enough though by this time it did not seem so cold. Whether this was due to the temperature rising, being warmed by walking up from sea level or the effects of some good Yorkshire real ale supped in very pleasant surroundings? I’m unsure, whatever the cause though Robin Hood’s Bay and its pubs are most certainly worth a visit.

SCARBOROUGH CAMRA MEMBERS’ WEEKEND: VISIT TO ROBIN HOOD’S BAY. YORKSHIRE BREWS & PUBS, STEEP CLIMBS AND REAL FIRES. By John Holland

The Laurel Inn Fireplace

Victoria Hotel

The Laurel Inn outside toilet

The Bay Hotel

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FESTIVAL OF BEERICE SHEFFIELD 12TH - 15TH MARCHThere were over 300 beers in competition in the Society of Independent Brewers Festival of Beer. Congratulations to four of our local brewers who were winners in six different categories.

SIBA BEER X 2014 RESULTS

Overall ChampionBronze - Mordue, Killswitch 51

Speciality Beers Gold - Mordue, Killswitch 51

Premium Strong BeersGold - Anarchy, Sublime Chaos

Premium Bitters, Pale and Golden AlesGold - Tyne Bank, Silver Dollar

Bitters, Pale and Golden Ales Silver - Mordue, Amber Ale

Strong Bitters and IPA’sBronze - Wylam, Jake Head IPA

Dark Ales, Stouts and PortersBronze - Flannel Hammer


38TH NEWCASTLE BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL REPORT

What a way to have a 40th birthday party!

The party lasts 4 days with over a hundred close friends working behind the scenes.

They got the birthday cake which weighed over a stone.

It takes several months of planning, brute force but also skill in the preparation 4 days before the guests arrive. Then 5000 guests who drank over 20,000 pints of beer and cider.

Local breweries (who are well known for their great brews normally) compete to produce something extra special for the party. Independent judges are summoned from all over the country to judge the excellent brews. A worthy winner is finally chosen. (Mordue with Apollo 40).

No birthday party is complete without chocolate and so much was consumed that extra supplies were brought in.

The senior local dignitary adds gravitas to the opening of the party (Lord Mayor of Newcastle Margaret Wood).

The longest serving member has the volunteers bar named after him. (Bob Kirby Mains).

Music finishes the party on the final day.

If you missed it or enjoyed it here is an invite to the 39th Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival in 2015.

This years charity, St Oswald’s Hospice, raised £2300. A charity cheque presentation and the Battle of the Beers winner’s award presentation will take place at Pleased to Meet You, Newcastle, at 7.30pm on Wednesday, 25th June.

Did you enjoy it? We did.

Brenda, on guard outside the staff bar

What’s yours like?

Beer tasting is a serious business

It’s going fast!


Finally, I would like to thank the following people. Jan Anderson, Colin Anderson and Bill Wilkinson, the rest of the Festival Committee.

All the CAMRA volunteers who gave their time and effort, in not only working at the festival, but helping with the set up and take down.

The Northumbria University Ale and Cider Society (NSU Ale Soc) who volunteered to work as bar staff.

The Newcastle Rappers from the Cumberland Arms, Byker, who turned up to entertain you.

And of course the Proper Boys, who for the second year, made the Saturday a rocking way to end the festival.

All of you who came, many wearing silly hats. Without you there would be no festival.

Not forgetting the festival sponsors. Anarchy Brewery who sponsored the glasses. Mordue Brewery and Wylam Brewery, who both sponsored the staff polo shirts. Metro who sponsored the promotional beer mats.

Thank you to everyone I have mentioned above and anyone I have forgotten.

See you all next year.

I regret to inform you that since the festival Bob Mains has died.

Dr Ian Lee, Festival Organiser

David Dodson, silly hat customer winner

Proper Boys, proper good

Brian Smith, silly hat staff winner

Northumbria University Volunteer Staff

Dr Ian (The Boss) Lee, Festival Organiser


1st, 2nd and 3rd

Lady Mayor, Margaret Wood with the winners

Matt and Robert, two winners

The Lady Mayor and the Mordue gang

Battle of the Beers at 38th Newcastle Beer Festival

A few years ago the organisers of the Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival asked local brewers to produce a new beer to be launched at the festival. The beers would be tasted by an independent panel of judges and a winner chosen - this became “The Battle of the Beers”.

There are now about 28 breweries within the Tyneside & Northumberland CAMRA branch area and this April they were all invited to take part in the battle! Nineteen brewers took up the challenge to brew a new beer. This year, as it is the 40th Anniversary of the Branch the only criteria we gave them was that the name should have some reference to 40, Ruby or 1974. Our local brewers are a very imaginative lot so we had names like Waterloo (ABBA won Eurovision in 1974), Quarenta – Portuguese for 40, Ruby Tuesday and Root ‘n’ Branch to name a few.

On the opening day of the festival an independent panel of fifteen judges tasted all the beers and chose a winner. The judges all agreed that the standard of entries was very high but there was a clear winner – Apollo 40 brewed by Mordue Brewery.

So for the second year running our congratulations go to Garry & Matthew Fawson and brewer Robert Millichamp who once again seemed lost for words when the results were announced.

Join us on Wednesday 25th June at Pleased to Meet You, High Bridge, Newcastle at 7.30pm when The Mordue Crew will be presented with their winners certificate and Apollo 40 will be on sale.

Full results

1st Mordue Apollo 40 4.8%2nd Anarchy Punk Era 6.0%3rd Acton Ales 40 IPA 4.2%


Wednesday 27th August to Saturday 30th AugustVenue: Dunelm House (Durham Students’ Union , New Elvet, Durham)

If you want to volunteer at the festival or have any beer suggestions, pleasecontact the Festival Committee at [email protected]

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A little entry on the planning pages of the Northumberland County Council website have shown up the flaws in local planning laws when it comes to trying to save community pubs. The financial clout of a major supermarket chain, in this case Tesco, has shown to have more clout than the wishes of over 2,000 local residents fighting for the survival of their community pub under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which applies to England and Wales.

I am talking about the Victoria and Albert in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. It is a grade II listed building and has been a pub since the 1800s. It stands beside the A192 at a bend in the road opposite commercial buildings. Tesco applied for a roofed extension, a new shop front, an enclosure to the service yard, alterations to the car park and the installation of an ATM.

In late 2011 local campaigner Stephen Keir contacted our CAMRA branch asking for support in the campaign by local people to keep the pubs as a pub. Parish and county councillors from different political parties supported that goal wholeheartedly. Even though the pub has been owned by Punch Taverns it was Tesco who put in a planning application with Northumberland County Council regarding changes to the structure of the place and an cash point. One of the flaws of the current planning system that no planning permission is required tor the change of use from a pub to a retail outlet. It needs to be pointed out that Tesco put in its panning application on 1 December 2011 during a time when people’s minds are occupied with preparations for Christmas. The collection of over 2.000 signatures against Tesco’s plans is therefore all the more significant.

At the public meeting of the South East Northumberland Planning Committee on 17 January 2012, committee members (All Northumberland County Councillors) voted against the recommendation by the council’s planning officers’ and refused to grant planning permission. As the CAMRA branch Public Affairs Officer, I spoke opposing the planning application and supporting a well loved community pub. CAMRA is not just a real ale (real cider and real perry) drinking club.

We are tirelessly campaigning for community pubs and not just in April, which is designed as community pub month.

At the time of the initial application Tesco had made three more applications to the council for the opening of Tesco Express stores. This one was the only one opposed. Campaigners tried to reason with Tesco that the village could provide other options. A site that Tesco could have considered was bought up by the Co-op and now retails as a Co-op food store. Instead Tesco used its financial clout and went to appeal. Amazingly, more for Tesco, than the campaigners in September 2012 the national planning Inspectorate rejected the appeal by Tesco. That should have been the end of it.

That said, a large supermarket chain had nothing better to do with its money than to spend all the resources available to pick out the bits from the rejected appeal that went wrong. On 18 December 2012 and 19 February 2013 Tesco came back with renewed panning applications. This time the public meetings of the South East Northumberland Planning Committee were held at the Isabella Centre in Blyth. Again, I was able to speak in person. Again, on both occasions the committee rejected Tesco’s application.

Ironically, it was on 19 February 2014, exactly a year to the date of the last planning refusal that the national Planning Inspectorate visited the site. Following that, the National Planning Inspectorate allowed the appeal by Tesco on 23 April 2014.

What ultimately had let down the campaigners is that Punch Taverns, who own the pubs, and refused to acknowledge the commercial viability of the pub. Whether that has to do with Punch Taverns’ huge debts and attempts to reduce the debts by selling of public houses they own, is a suspicion many seem to have. In fact business had picked up with the provision of meals and the use of the pub as a meeting venue for local community groups. I leave it to others to decide whether Tesco’s strategy to spend so much time and resources to impose a store on a community and take away their pub, is a viable one.

What we all have learned from this is that as CAMRA we can support local communities where they feel strongly about the loss of a community pub.

At the national CAMRA AGM in Scarborough in April 2014 the national executive successfully moved a motion to increase our campaigning work for changes to the planning laws. Ultimately that can only happen by a vote in Parliament. CAMRA nationally and this branch locally are therefore continuing its lobbying of politicians, both local councillors and ultimately Members of Parliament, to influence changes in legislation. We do have successes. In England upon the quest of local resident a council can declare a pub an asset of community value (ACV) which would allow the local community to buy a pub within a set period before anyone else can do so. So far 300 pubs have been listed as assets of community value.

On 23 April 2014, exactly the same day that the national Planning Inspectorate allowed the Tesco appeal to make changes to the Victoria and Albert Inn, The Independent quoted community pubs minister Brendan Lewis as saying: “...that he met people on a daily basis that “lamented the loss of their local pub” and he wanted to ensure that they stayed a focal point of the local community. He said that if local communities aren’t “using them”, they run the risk of “losing them”. Well, that was what the people of Seaton Delaval did. It just was not enough. Now, it is up to the politicians to give local people the legislative framework to turn words into actions and make it happen.

If you know about pubs in similar situations please get in touch, for example by emailing [email protected]. CAMRA nationally has 160,000 members. This branch, Northumberland and Tyneside, has over 1500 members. Nothing will give us more clout in meetings with politicians than to be able to say how many CAMRA members there are in their constituency etc. So, if you care about real ale (real cider, real perry) consider joining CAMRA today.

Hubert [email protected]


Campaigning for real ale, pubs &drinkers’ rights since 1971

FAIR DEAL FOR YOUR LOCALIf you like your pint in a pub, you should read this.

CAMRA just had an important campaigning success – but it needs one last push.

The Queen’s speech on 4 June 2014 which laid out the UK government’s legislative programme until the 2015 general election included the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). Once enacted it will introduce a statutory code of practice, a pub watchdog with powers to adjudicate between landlords and big pubcos and the right of the landlord to ask for a rent review every years to secure fair rents.

Why is this a success that merits celebrating with a pub in your local and why does it need one last push?

The economic problems of too many landlords. A pub needs someone to run it, the landlord or landlady. But too many are packing it in. Why?

They are usually tied to a big pubco (those pub companies with over 500 tied houses.) Almost 24,000 British pubs are tied to Pubcos; circa 37% of the total market for traditional pubs. In particular, two large Pubcos, Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns, own in excess of 25% of all pubs in the UK. A tied house is a pub required to buy at least some of its beer from a particular brewery or pub company (pubco). On the other hand, a free house can choose the beers it stocks freely. Pubco’s can basically charge what they like. So, is it any wonder that CAMRA’s latest research shows just how much licensees are being squeezed. 57% of licensees tied to the big pub companies earn less than £10,000 a year, in stark contrast to only 25% of free licensees who earn less than £10,000 a year. Incredible isn’t it? All that hard work and all your takings go to some big company rather than the man or woman who serves you your pint. The Government in the form of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills held a public consultation. 6,000 responses were received.

Over a year ago in April 2013, the Government launched an 8-week consultation into reform of the large pub companies as part of an overall aim to secure a healthy pubs industry. The consultation closed in June and the Government published a full list of responses in December 2013. Among the organisations that support pubco reform are the trade union GMB, Guild of Master Victuallers, Campaign for Real Ale, Federation of Small Businesses, Forum of Private Businesses, Fair Pint Campaign, Licensees Supporting Licensees, Justice for Licensees, the Parliamentary Save the Pub Group and Licensees Unite.

Despite an overwhelming level of support for reform, the Government initially still delayed action. CAMRA therefore launched our petition in January 2014 to urge Business Secretary Vince Cable to urgently introduce reform to protect Britain’s struggling pubs. Thanks to the overwhelming support it received, our petition gained over 44,000 signatures before being handed over to the Business Department on 14 May this year.CAMRA national chairman Colin Valentine says it is now “absolutely vital that the Government disarms the ticking time bomb threatening the nation’s pubs”.

He added: “CAMRA is demanding the introduction of a Pubs Watchdog to rule on disputes between licensees and pubcos, plus a guest beer right and a market rent only option for tied licensees. These measures are essential in order to create a level playing field for licensees, ensuring those tied to the large pubcos are no worse off than those that are free of tie”.

So, all done and dusted now? Not quite. A government bill does not become law until it has been passed by Parliament. Even with the best of intentions even government bills can run out of parliamentary time and nobody would know if and when the next government will re-introduce a similar bill. So, now is the time to act:

What you can do is to go to the website http://www.fairdealforyourlocal.com/ and urge the government to do what they promised to do:

CAMRA asks you to sign a petition to Mr Cable and support the following:

In order to secure a prosperous and sustainable future for Britain’s pubs, we need:

- A statutory code of practice with the key principles of fair dealing and ensuring tied licensees are no worse off than free of tie lessees at its heart

- An adjudicator to enforce the statutory code and give licensees long-awaited access to justice

- A choice for licensees between a tied option and a market rent only option, to stop the big pub companies charging excessive rents and high beer prices

- A guest beer option to enhance consumer choice and boost Britain’s thriving independent brewery sector

Reform is backed by 212 MPs (www.fairdealforyourlocal.com/mp-supporters). Following through on your plans for reform will result in greater investment in Britain’s pubs, an improved consumer offer and a sustainable future for the pub sector. Pubs are essential small businesses and we can’t afford to lose any more of them.

The website gives you three opportunities to support the ‘Fair Deal for your Local’ campaign by lobbying your MP (all you need is your post code if you do not know the name of your MP), Business Secretary Vince Cable and last but not least by becoming a Campaign Supporter for pubco reform.

Please act now! www.fairdealforyourlocal.com

Hubert [email protected]


BOOK REVIEWS BY MARTIN ELLIS

The Beer Select-O-Pedia Michael Larson Paperback £12.99

A few years ago we wouldn’t have believed that not only would we have the huge range of beers to chose from, there would also be a diverse range of beer styles to enjoy. The Beer Select-O-Pedia covers beers and beer styles from Britain and Ireland, continental Europe and America. It groups beer styles together based on the family origin of style, for example ales from continental Europe are in a different section to lagers from continental Europe.

For each beer style there is a graphic diagram describing what it calls the ‘atomic structure’ of the beer. The diagram highlights with the use of symbols and supporting text; characteristics in an outer circle, examples of brewers in an inner circle, background information is detailed in the inner-most circle. In the ‘bullseye’ each beer style is allocated an ‘atomic number’ which is then related to a table of beers drawn-up following a similar approach to the periodic table. A few of our local breweries are highlighted in the graphic diagrams; Mordue in best bitter, Maxim in English brown ale and Durham in English Strong Ale.

The great attraction of this book is that it successfully explores the world of beer in depth, with an approach which is fun and practical.

Recommended for people new to enjoying beer and those who have spent many years enjoying the pleasures of beer. A book for all beer lovers.

CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide Belgium Tim Webb & Joe Strange Paperback £14.99 (CAMRA members £12.99)

Many consider Belgium to be ultimate beer drinking tourist destination. Belgium beer has heritage, character and a lively night-life – plus plenty of activity to enjoy during the day. Is it surprising that CAMRA’s guide to the country has been a bestseller for many years, the 7th edition has recently been published.

It is possible to fly direct from Newcastle to Belgium, the train journey is reasonably straightforward with special offer tickets often available. Travel and accommodation details are included in this guide.

This guide is a wealth of information on over 900 Belgium beer and a guide to over 500 great places to enjoy them. If you wish to plan your trip around a festival there is information on festivals, if you want to visit breweries there are details on brewery tours, if you want to enjoy beer at home the information on Belgium beer will enable you to select bottled beer.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, easy to navigate and written by passionate writers who have spent many years researching the subject. This is the bible for fans of Belgium beer, it is also a great book for anyone who is new to Belgium beer. If you are interested in Belgium beer, this is compulsory reading.


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Canny Bevvy Quiz by Baz Lite Beer

What is the name of Britain’s oldest brewery, which was founded in 1698 in Faversham, Kent?

Which Morpeth-based brewery produces the beers Gold Star and Citra Star?

Which pub in Bardsey, Leeds claims to be the oldest pub in Britain?

Which brewery produces Grainger Ale?

Who defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final to win the 2014 World Snooker Championship?

Who played the part of Jim Rockford’s father Joseph ‘Rocky’ Rockford in the TV series The Rockford Files?

Don Powell was the drummer with which pop group, who had five UK number ones in the 1970’s?

Which British city was served by Dyce airport until the airport was renamed in 2013?

What nationality was the famous gymnast Nadia Comaneci?

Two books of the Old Testament have women’s names; one is Ruth, which is the other?

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Noah Beery Junior 6. Slade 7. Aberdeen 8. Romanian 9. Esther 10.

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If you are a licensee and would like to join the scheme or would like some more information, or you are a customer and know of a pub which regularly sells local beers, please contact the Pubs Officer Colin Andersonvia [email protected]. All new additions shown in red.

Allendale Golden Lion Hotel

Allenheads Allenheads Inn

Alnmouth Hope & Anchor Red Lion Inn

Alnwick John Bull Inn Queens Head Tanners Arms

Alwinton Rose & Thistle

Bardon Mill Bowes Hotel

Bedlington Red Lion

Birtley Bowes Incline Country Pub & Hotel

Blaydon Michelangelo Ristorante & Bar

Blyth Wallaw

Byker Cumberland Arms Free Trade

Catton Crown Inn

Choppington Swan

Coalburns Fox & Hounds

Corbridge Dyvels Inn

Cornhill on Tweed Collingwood Arms

Cramlington John the Clerk of Cramlington Plough

Cullercoats Cullercoats Crescent Club

Dipton Mill Dipton Mill Inn

Earsdon Beehive Cannon Inn

Eglingham Tankerville Arms

Eighton Banks Waggon Inn

Embleton Greys Inn

Felling Wheatsheaf

Gateshead Borough Arms Central Lindum Club Schooner Three Tuns

Gosforth Border Minstrel Coppers 8 til 8 County Gosforth Hotel Job Bulman Queen Victoria

Haltwhistle Haltwhistle Comrades Club Milecastle Inn

Heaton Chillingham Northumberland Hussar

Hedley on the Hill Feathers

Hexham Forum Tannery

High Horton Three Horse Shoes

Higham Dykes Waggon Inn

Kenton Bank Foot Twin Farms

Langley Carts Bog Inn

Low Eighton Angel View Inn

Low Fell Black Horse Gateshead Rugby Club

Low Newton-by-the-Sea Ship Inn

Matfen High House Farm Visitor Centre

Meldon Dyke Neuk

Mickley Glenside

Morpeth Black Bull Joiners Arms Shambles Tap & Spile

Newcastle upon Tyne City Centre Bacchus Bodega Bridge Hotel Bridge Tavern Broad Chare Centurion Charles Grey Cluny Crown Posada Crows Nest Duke of Wellington Head of Steam Hotspur Lady Grey’s New Bridge Newcastle Arms Old George Inn Percy Arms Pleased to Meet You Redhouse Sausage Emporium Stand Comedy Club Strawberry Telegraph Three Bulls Head Tilley’s Bar Town Wall Trent House

North Shields Low Lights Tavern Magnesia Bank Oddfellows Pub & Kitchen

Old Hartley Delaval Arms

Ovingham Bridge End Inn

Ponteland Blackbird

Rennington Horseshoes Inn

Stamfordham Swinburne Arms

Stannington Anarchy Brew Co

Thropton Three Wheat Heads

Tynemouth Barca Copperfields Cumberland Arms Dolphin Hugos at the Coast Lola Jeans Priory Salutation Tynemouth Lodge Hotel

Wardley The Green

Wark Battlesteads Hotel

West Jesmond Lonsdale

Whickham Crown

Whitley Bay Briar Dene Wylam Black Bull Boathouse Inn


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CENTRAL, Gateshead 10% off a pint of all cask ales.

THE COUNTY, Gosforth 30p off a pint of all cask ales.

NORTHUMBERLAND HUSSAR, Heaton30p off a pint, 20p off 2/3 of a pint and 10p off 1/3 of a pint of all cask ales and real cider.

THE CROW’S NEST HOTEL, Newcastle 10% off a pint of all cask ales.

JUNCTION, Newcastle 10% off a pint of all cask ales.

TRENT HOUSE, Newcastle 20p off a pint and 10p off a half pint of all cask ales.

THE BLACKBIRD, Ponteland 20p off a pint and 10p off a half pint of all cask ales and real cider.

COPPERFIELDS (GRAND HOTEL), Tynemouth 20p a pint off all cask ales.

TURKS HEAD, Tynemouth 10% off a pint and a half pint off all cask ales and real cider

THE ANSON, Wallsend 20p off a pint and 10p off a half pint of all cask ales.

THE LONSDALE, West Jesmond 10% off a pint of all cask ales.

THE BEACON, West Monkseaton 20p off a pint of all cask ales.

If you know of any pubs or clubs offering discounts to CAMRA members in Gateshead,Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland, then please contact the Editor at [email protected]

CAMRA DISCOUNT SCHEME

Robert (Bob) Kirby Mains, 12th April 1929 - 21st May 2014 R.I.P.CAMRA activist and supporter of grassroots football and cricket

Ubiquitous and gregarious Robert Mains spent his working life in the civil service, forty years ago he was a founding member of the Tyneside and Northumberland Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. Throughout his long life he supported grassroots football in the winter and cricket in the summer. Cask beer was a 365 day a year passion.

Bob travelled around Tyneside and the region following sport, on his journey there and back he would stop off at pubs. It was not unusual to be enjoying a pint in an out of the way suburban pub to encounter Bob breaking his journey with a pint. At the our monthly branch meetings he would report back on his findings; pubs that were closed, beer that was not up to scratch, outrageous prices he had been asked to pay for a pint, misleading dispense, short measure and so on.

For many years he would walk almost everywhere locally, Jesmond to Tynemouth – not a problem. He didn’t have a television – didn’t have time to watch it, after all he was never at home.

A couple of years ago Bob announced to the branch that he was finding age was catching-up with him and he would no longer be able to attend every branch meeting. However, well into his 80s he continued to regularly attend most branch meetings and events, every meeting at the point when members asked if they have any pub or brewery news Bob always had interesting news to share.

Bob always appeared happy with life, he appreciated what he had and enjoyed life to the full. He will be fondly remembered by his many friends who he enjoyed sport anda beer with.

(Photograph by kind permission of Newcastle

Cricket Club)


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If you have a complaint about any unfair trading practices, such as short measures, beer quality, overcharging, service or misleading product promotions, you should firstly inform the publican. If however you do not get a satisfactory response, then CAMRA recommends that you contact

your local Trading Standards office. Contact details listed below.

City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tel. 0191 211 6129. Gateshead, Tel. 0191 433 3987. North Tyneside, Tel. 0345 200 0101. Northumberland, Tel. 01670 534 585.

MEMBERSHIP FIGURESThe North East Region has 2,946 (2,884) members

Darlington Branch has 343 (344) members

Durham Branch has 594 (586) members

Sunderland & South Tyneside Branch has 482 (462) members

Tyneside & Northumberland Branch has 1,527 (1,492) members

CAMRA National Membership is now over 162,917 (159,569) members

(Figures correct at 30th May 2014. Previous figures from last issue shown in brackets).

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